Tag: Collection care Archives and archivistsA quick guide to microfading: How, what and why?Saturday 13 March 2021The loans and exhibitions team in our Collection Care department spends a lot of...Archives and archivistsMaps and materiality: Charting a course to the past using AIThursday 11 March 2021Maps have often been studied from a historical and geographical point of view, but...Archives and archivistsSmashing the stereotype: How dyslexia helped guide me to my dream careerTuesday 9 March 2021Before my diagnosis, I always thought dyslexia just meant having difficulties with reading, writing...Archives and archivistsGalling ink! How The National Archives preserves millions of documents written in iron gall inkSunday 7 March 2021Iron gall ink was first mentioned by Pliny the Elder in AD23 and was...Archives and archivistsHello British Science Week!Friday 5 March 2021When people think about science, GLAM institutions (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) are probably...Archives and archivistsSmoke and mirrors: Revealing the Gunpowder Plot through heritage scienceThursday 5 November 2020When The National Archives’ Collection Care Department purchased a multispectral imaging system last year,...Records and researchLetters of Note: Preparing the Prize Papers for digitisationThursday 30 April 2020Digitisation improves access to The National Archives’ rich collections. It is vital for opening...Archives and archivistsThe mission, should you choose to accept it …Monday 16 September 2019PRO 23 is a unique project for a number of reasons, none less so...Archives and archivistsDigitally safeguarding a seal mould collection: a volunteer’s perspective on PRO 23Monday 29 April 2019There has recently been a series of blogs highlighting the PRO 23 project, which is...Managing informationSeal moulds: opening up the collection as never beforeTuesday 22 January 2019We hold an historic collection of moulds taken from our wax seals. Containing some 7,700...Behind the scenesOn the hook: hanging artworks in our repositoriesTuesday 8 January 2019In March 2016, The National Archives installed three double-sided bays of mesh-panelled, mobile art racking...Records and researchWhat is a seal mould? Introducing record series PRO 23Monday 26 November 2018The Collection Care Department at The National Archives holds an historic collection of moulds... « 1 2 3 4 … 6 »